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MECCA FROM PAINTING TO PHOTOGRAPH - How the Dutch captured it with their Cameras

Rukayyah Reichling works on Media and the Hajj. In her MIDA project she focuses on the capturing of Mecca by Dutchmen. Reichling takes a...

NEW PUBLICATION: First documentary about Mecca - how a Dutchman captured moving images of the Hajj

We are happy to announce the most recent publication of Rukayyah Reichling, one of our Early Stage Researchers based in Amsterdam: "A...

Congrats Rukayyah - THREE MIN. PITCH at UvA

Condensing a whole doctoral research project into THREE minutes – is that even possible? Yes, it is! Rukayyah Reichling, our Early Stage...

“Keeping an Eye on Imperial Mecca”: Upcoming Seminar Session!

In the next seminar organized by the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History, our ESR Rukayyah Reichling will present us with her ongoing...

Film: ESR 13 Rukayyah Reichling

2020 has been extraordinary in many ways – also for Muslim pilgrims as this year’s hajj was cancelled for most of them. Epidemic...